08 August 2013

Eulogy for Brother Albinus


Posted by The Borneo Post 8.8.2012 (Photos are added by the Alumni)

THE following is a eulogy composed for the wake prayer mass on Aug 7 by Sacred Heart School (SHS) alumnus Roland Ling  (1963 to 1975) on behalf of the  SHS Alumni Association of Kuching:



     Roland Ling is in the back row standing third from the right. Upper Six Science (1975)


 

Dearest Brother Albinus

We knew you had reached quite an advanced age

And that you would be called to be with God one day

But we still feel that it’s all too soon

 

Our hearts are so heavy

We feel this emptiness, this unbearable loss

 

We knew you had lived a full, happy and exemplary life

And now you’re happy in heaven with God

But we still want you to be with us Because we miss you dearly

 

You came to Sibu in 1970

A towering figure in white

 

You became our teacher

our coach, our mentor

our father figure, our role model and our beloved BROTHER for 17 years and more

 

Your students first feared you, were awed by you, then understood you

They turned to respect you, and finally all loved you

 

You were a man of great talent, with qualities ensuring life’s success

 

You could have enjoyed fame, position and riches

But you chose to sail round half the world

Leaving loved ones and your beloved homeland

 

You obeyed God’s plan to serve and teach humble beings totally strange to you

 

You discovered talents in unseeming students

You instilled discipline and values as no one else could

You inspired and impacted young and old

We are what we are today because of you

You had touched the lives of thousands

You lived by your own staunch principles

You instilled the LaSallian spirit in us all

You were resolute and faithful to the end

 

How could we ever thank you enough?

How do we say goodbye?

 

Dearest Brother,

We love you and miss you dearly

Your legacy will live on with us

May you be with God now


Roland in prayers with Brother Albinus during the celebration of Brother's 83rd Birthday recently 14 June 2013

 

From Students of Sacred Heart Secondary School,
Sibu.

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